A picture of her

I told her I wanted a few pictures

a few picture’s of her in the flesh

for her skin was so smooth and silky
                                and I knew she would not leave it behind

October 2, 1976

From my notebook ‘Imaginary dreams-a romance in Europe’

Thank you for your visit

E.A.

I’m finally painting again

Earlier this month we had record high temperatures as if it were mid-August, now it has been raining most of the week and by tomorrow the temperatures are to drop so low that if the rain continues, we are expecting the possible of snow in the lower elevations. The last time the Bay Area had any snow was in 1976, however I was in Europe at the time and therefore have no recollection of the event. 

Right now I welcome the rain as there is nothing better to do than to paint, continuing the work I started about a week ago on my first painting in more than a year ago. in the meantime I look forward to the possibility of a little snow.

After applying the sculptured material to the canvas, it was time to prepare the entire surface for painting by applying gesso. Doing so with a brush which which I will be painting in Acrylic and then using oils, helps me to contact mow directly with the surface and get a feel for the type of brush work I will need to apply for the desired effect.

It will be at least another two weeks before I may consider the painting finished, in part because white always takes longer to dry and the weather is not helping in that department. Besides, the process of painting needs to evolve, were the artist connects with the painting and vise versa. 

Thank you for your visit

E.A.

Keeping Journals

"I have tried to keep diaries before, but they don't work out because of the necessity to be honest," so wrote John Steinbeck in a giant ledger book and in order for me to be honest, I cloak this blog under a pen name. A pseudonym that was carefully chosen to reflect the writer in character and background to my possible identity, so that when the two ever met, they would recognize each and see they are not so different because they are after all one and the same. And so this blog is my anonymous lost journal where I can feel free to reveal my thoughts, what ever they may be without the fear of retribution, hence, as the title of this blog suggests, a drawer full of secrets.

Throughout my life I have keep journals and notebooks and when computers entered the mainstream of the populace I began using a word-processed, which also permitted saving my email correspondence. Yet I never lost the desire to use a pen, preferably a fountain pen and a nicely bound notebook. Yet there is something to be said about using  a computer and now posting on-line for anyone to read.

Though I am not new to blogging—having one on the subject of art—journal blogging is, so it will be interesting to see where it all this shall lead to, as it slowly begins to unfold over the next weeks and months.

Thank you for your visit

E.A.

Silent Waters

clear

      silent

            water

with

      no beginning –

      no end

there

      dreams of hope

            drift